FOR THE JOURNEY My great-grandfather, a refugee from the devastating famine in Ireland, came to Nebraska to farm. Generations later, I grew up on that farm. I have roots — literal and figurative — in the land he purchased, a very small acreage of which I still own. These roots help me to identify with […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God will triumph
33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Malachi 3:19-20a; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 The Book of Malachi is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Malachi was not a proper name for a person in ancient Israel. Rather, it was an abbreviation of an informal title, “Messenger of God.” This prophet is thoroughly in step with […]
Mary Duddy: Be thankful for your spouse
THE MARRIED LIFE “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (1 Chronicles 16:34) Recently I was sitting in a chair at Kailua Beach and I noticed several people with dogs. Lots of dogs. Some dogs were running; some dogs were catching balls their owners threw into the water. Some […]
Talk story: Fighting poverty in the USA
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “I strongly encourage you to give generously to this CCHD collection as a way to witness to Jesus and indeed participate in building God’s Kingdom where “the Lord comes to rule with world with justice.” (Bishop Larry Silva, letter supporting the Nov. 13 Catholic Campaign for Human Development national collection. […]
Brother Salvador “Buddy” J. Yanzon, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament: In the hands of God
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald “When are you coming back?” asked some parishioners at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church. “We are waiting for you,” they continued. “We will see what God’s plans are,” I responded. As one formerly engaged in the life of the church […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: May I marry in a Catholic church? Why the pulpit scolding?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. When I was younger, I served as an altar boy for several years. About 12 years ago, I got married in a Methodist church. I never had the marriage “convalidated” in the Catholic Church since my wife was against involving another member of […]
Talk story: On the synodal path, together
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Let us pray that the Church, ever faithful to the Gospel and courageous in preaching it, may live in an increasing atmosphere of synodality, and be a community of solidarity, fraternity, and welcome.” (Pope Francis, The Pope’s Video 10, Worldwide Prayer Network, October 2022) Pope Francis releases a prayer intention at […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: The wisdom of night prayer
FAITH AT HOME “Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled.” Thus begins the Canticle of Simeon, the prayer drawn from the words of the prophet who held the baby Jesus in the Temple at the presentation (Lk 2:29-32), a prayer often known by its Latin name “Nunc Dimittis” (“now […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The longing of Zacchaeus
31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 11:22-12:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-22; Luke 19:1-10 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s first reading. As the natural environment has absorbed more and more public interest, the pope and other agencies of the church have addressed the problems of exploiting nature. This reading, while composed many, many centuries ago, […]
Sarah and David Herrmann: Change, it’s coming
EMBRACING FAMILY We share faith-based parenting advice, based on Love and Logic and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco (Reason, Religion, Loving Kindness). We’d like to share some of these with you. Autumn is a season of change. Some locations have the changing of the colors of the leaves, which fall and leave a […]
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